Hat-fastening.



S. P. EGAN.

HAT FASTENING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1905 PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

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SARA F. EGAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAT-FASTENING- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 10.1905. Serial No. 268.903.

Patented June 19, 190a To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SARA F. EGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city means for fastening hats; an the samehas for its object more particularly to provide a slmple, lnexpensive, and reliable fastening device forwomens and children s hats, which device may be easily attached to or removed from a hat withoutinjurin the same.

Further, said invention as for its object to provide a fastening device which will be inconspicuous when attached to a hat and which may be readily adjusted to suit different styles of hats or tocompensate for the stretching of the flexible portion of the fastening.

To the attainment of the foregoin objects and ends the invention consists in t e novel details of construction and in the combination, connection, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawin s, forming part of this speci cation, wherein ike numer als of reference indicate like parts, Fi ure 1 is a face or side view of an attac 'ng member forming a. partof a fastening made according to-and embodying my invention. Fig. 2 1s a pers ective view of the same, showing the en s or prongs thereof bent over and one end of a flexible or elastic section secured thereto. Fig. 3 is a detail face view of one of the securing devices for securing the ends of a flexible or elastic sec-' tion to said attaching members. Fig. 4 is a central transverse section of a hat with a fastening embodying my invention applied thereto, and Fig. 5 is a face or side view illustratin a modified form of attaching member.

In t e said drawings, 10 designates a hat of i usual construction comprising a crown 11 and brim 12. 13 denotes my fastening, comprising a plurality of attaching members 14 14, each consisting of a flat strip or plate of metal 15, terminatin at its opposite ends in prongs 16 16, adapte to be bent over on the lines a a. From the lower edge of said strip 15 depends a longitudinal projection having a slot therein and forming a loop 17, which is made integral with said strip or plate 15. 18 denotes an adjustable band, made of elastic or other suitable flexible material, having its ends passed through the loops 17 17 of the fastener 14 and the turned-over ends of said band 18 secured to the main portion thereof by means of securing devices 19, consisting of a circular head 20, having a plurality of prongs 21 extending outwardly therefrom.

y preference I pass the u per or vertical prong 21 through both the band 18 and its olded end and then bend over the horizontal or side prongs to embrace the opposite edges of said and and its folded end.

In the modification illustrated the attaching member consists of a metal strip or plate 15 terminating at its opposite ends in prongs 16' 16, adapted to be bent over on the dotted lines a a and having a prong 17 depending from its lower edge, at the center thereof, which prong 17 is bent upward and confines the flattened portion of a ring 18.

. The operation of the device is obvious. It

is to be particularly noted that in my improved construction the mainportion of the fastener-viz., the attaching member consisting of the strip or late 15 and its securingrongs 16 16is w olly concealed within the at and has only the loo portions 17 17 projecting below the lower e ge of the crown and brim.

Without limiting myself to the precise details of construction, which may be varied within the sco e of the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is g 1. A hat-fastening comprising a plurality of attaching members each consisting of a plate, and a flexible connection or band having its ends secured to said slotted longitudina projection, substantially as specified.

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I0 tion or band having its ends secured to said I 3. A hat-fastening comprising a plurality of attaching members each consisting of a metal plate having foldable attaching-prongs Signed at the city of New York, in the at the opposite ends thereof formed integral county and State of New York, this 7th day With said plate, and a longitudinal projecting of July, 1905. portion depending frornthe lower edge 01 l said plate provided with a longitudinal slot arranged parallel to 'the longitudinal aXis of said plate, and an adjustable flexible connecj slotted projecting portion depending from the plate aforesaid, substantially as specified.

SARA F. EGAN.

Witnesses:

E. A. TREDWELL, C. A. DIETERIOH. 

